Jack O'Connor was a man of tragectory and Elmer Keith was a man of bullet energy. Both were admirable writers and sportsmen. Jack did amazing things with the .270 where as Elmer Keith is the father of 44mag with pretty much kicked off what we have today is the magnum fans.

My father has shot a 270win all his life, he's kinda the local Jack O'Connor. His friends have always told him that he needed a bigger caliber and at the end of the hunting season he was the one with the meat.

What Jack did by staying with one main caliber is, one he promoted it into the world of hunting. But the caliber itself would have done that. Two he didn't trade calibers all the time and the man knew his caliber well. And all the guess work was out when he went hunting.

I've always loved the 270 and Jack's ways of thinking. But after my guns were stolen I bought back a 300 win mag and tried it. It has became my favorite. But the wife is getting a 270 for hunting and I wonder who will shoot it more. (wink).